it was an older kernel which had some known security issues So instead of patching a known security issue, they want to know it it was a valve issue?
On 4/24/06, artiecs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well phishing usually refers to someone pretending to be someone they really > are not, in hopes of getting an unsuspecting person to yield them personal > information such as credit card numbers or the like, so that the phisher can > then go abuse this info and rip off the unsuspecting person. Or something > like that. Not to be confused with a hacking attack. > > Don't know the specifics of the incident you're talking about Abrachius, but > we had an incident recently on our CSS server that i would categorize as a > phishing attempt. Some dickhead was in the server when I joined, he was > using the name |ADMIN| U.S. Army and was telling peeps in the server how > he was an admin on all CSS servers, that his brother worked for Valve and > hooked him up. I knew instantly he was full of shit cause noone is admin on > our server but who WE say is admin. So i verbally played with him and asked > if i could be admin, and how can we set that up etc., and he told me that if > i payed him he would get me hooked up too. Assuming he had already been > trying this with others in the server, i promptly banned his steamID and IP. > I should have played along a little further and gotten info like where he > would want me to send money, but it pissed me off that he was in there doing > that. > > Alfred, would you guys be interested in having a look at the log file from > this incident, and if so, where should I send it? > > -Artie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Abrachius Doo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:48 AM > Subject: [hlds] Phishing Attack through CS1.6 Server ? > > > Hiho, > my friend whos running a server where our dedicated CS1.6 Server is running > on, just got mail from his provider the other day. In this email, he was > informed that his server was used for phishing. So my friend shut down > everything and put up a everything for new. > No we are wondering, how the phishing was done through his server and how > the came in. > For now he doesnt want the CS Server to be back up again, cause he's not > sure what caused the securitylack on his server. I am tending more to > psychostats, if even software really caused the lack, it was an older kernel > which had some known security issues, but my question is: > > Can someone find his way into a server through a running hlds? > > Thx for your help... > _______________________________________________________________ > SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und > kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192 > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- Biscuits _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
